Get Fully Funded

JULY 30, 2025

In this guide, we’ll explore six alternative funding ideas that nonprofits of all sizes should consider to complement their existing fundraising strategies. Leverage Investment Income from Reserves or Endowments Sometimes, finding a new fundraising source doesn’t actually mean a “new” fundraising source.

Funding

Fundly

JANUARY 20, 2025

Whether youre raising money to fund a nonprofit initiative, support students at your school, or cover a personal expense, an online fundraiser can be an effective way to reach your goal. But first, you need to find the right fundraising website to support your campaign. Peer-to-peer fundraising. Event management.

Funding

Blackbaud

JULY 31, 2025

These unrestricted gifts are necessary to pay fundraisers’ salaries, overhead, bills, and the supplies for your tried-and-true programs. How Is Annual Giving Different from Other Fundraising Types? Let’s take a look at annual giving compared to other fundraising types like major gifts or planned gifts.

Donation

Bonterra

JULY 3, 2025

Nonprofit organizations hold a variety of events, from fundraising galas to auctions to community outreach programs. That’s where fundraising event management software for nonprofits can help. But managing everything required for a standout event is challenging.

Software

Blackbaud

JUNE 18, 2025

Many nonprofits participating in GivingTuesday rely on Blackbaud’s fundraising platforms , donor management software , payment processing , and data analytics capabilities for their campaigns. Blackbaud software can be the key to their fundraising success. “We What tools do fundraisers use for GivingTuesday campaigns?

Software

Ann Green's Nonprofit

MARCH 31, 2025

Clean up your mailing lists and CRM/database Has it been a while since you updated your mailing lists? go through your mailing lists and CRM/database to see if you need to make any additions, changes, and deletions. Create separate templates for new donors, current donors, and monthly donors. Be meticulous. Make yours sparkle.

CRM

Planned Giving

MAY 12, 2025

industry average) Executive Director’s Reflection: “The transformation went beyond fundraising. Begin with : Bequests Beneficiary designations Life insurance IRA rollovers Then grow into real estate, complex trusts, and life income gifts. Document your flexibility, but use the word “suggested” to allow discretion.

Policy

Wild Apricot

JUNE 24, 2025

Fundraising Campaign Running a fundraising campaign manually takes a lot of time, especially when you’re trying to keep up with emails, social posts and donor follow-ups. Look for features like drag-and-drop email builders, mobile-friendly templates and tools to track opens, clicks and responses.

CRM

Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

Instrumentl is the institutional fundraising platform. DonorPerfect, project manager, custom CRM with air table. We've got a template for you. We focus specifically on the institutional fundraising side of things, so everything around grants themselves in the grant-seeking process, as opposed to individual donors.Â

Instrumentl

Blackbaud

OCTOBER 24, 2024

You might consider your CRM , donation processor, or the platforms you use to manage community programs and services. Pro tip: Using an intuitive website builder with customizable templates will allow you to build a clean, professional-looking website—even if you have no website development or coding experience!

Nonprofit

Ann Green's Nonprofit

MARCH 21, 2024

So is a good CRM/database to help you with this. Make time for improvement You may be between fundraising campaigns right now and have a little more time (or maybe not). In addition, dust off those templates and freshen up your appeal letters and thank you letters. Also, please stop sending Dear Friend letters.

Template

Qgiv

DECEMBER 13, 2024

By personalizing your donation letters, your nonprofit can increase fundraising revenue and develop long-lasting supporter relationships. How do you write a fundraising letter? Donation request letter example 12 fundraising letter templates What is a donation request letter? Well cover: What is a donation request letter?

Template

Qgiv

AUGUST 21, 2024

It’s been a challenging past couple of years for nonprofit fundraising. Plus, the M+R Benchmarks 2024 report highlighted the fact that online fundraising essentially stayed flat in 2023 (declining by 1%). This underscores the importance of having effective fundraising strategies and software solutions to bring those plans to life.

Software

Blackbaud

MARCH 11, 2024

The social sector and major gift fundraising are no exception. The Benefits of AI to Major Gift Fundraisers Fundraising is an industry that faces high stress and burnout. The Benefits of AI to Major Gift Fundraisers Fundraising is an industry that faces high stress and burnout.

AI

Ann Green's Nonprofit

MAY 6, 2024

Invest in a good CRM/database Plain and simple, a good CRM (customer relationship management)/database can help you raise more money. Many CRMs have built-in payment processors. Your CRM will let you personalize your letters and email messages. In short, you can do a lot with a good CRM/database.

CRM

Qgiv

JULY 30, 2021

Peer-to-peer fundraising is an incredible opportunity to leverage your supporters’ personal networks and increase the reach of your campaign. This strategy involves recruiting supporters to fundraise on your behalf, and you might be surprised to find out just how many of them are willing to fundraise for your organization!

Fundraising

CauseVox

JANUARY 3, 2025

A nonprofit fundraising plan is a road map designed to help you raise the money you need to achieve your goals. It doesnt matter if you are running a multi-million dollar nonprofit organization or are a small start-up: the key to financial success is a well-thought-out fundraising plan. What is a Nonprofit Fundraising Plan?

Fundraising

CauseVox

MAY 16, 2022

You may be wondering, will adding fundraising tickets to the event just complicate things? Luckily, CauseVox is here to help you plan your next ticketed fundraising event. This guide will walk you through a step-by-step process for planning a ticketed event with loads of great free tools and templates to make planning smoother.

Fundraising

CauseVox

APRIL 12, 2022

This past year, they surpassed their fundraising goal of $115K. We sat down with Carousel Ranch’s Associate Executive Director, Taylor Adachi, to hear about their best fundraising practices and success using CauseVox. Fundraising Tips: Carousel Ranch’s Best Fundraising Practices. Use Peer To Peer Fundraising.

Fundraising

Qgiv

JULY 21, 2021

What is peer-to-peer fundraising? Put simply, it’s a strategy that lets people raise money on your behalf using personalized fundraising pages. Let’s dive into peer-to-peer fundraising! Let’s dive into peer-to-peer fundraising! Getting Started with Peer-to-Peer Fundraising.

Fundraising

Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

From planning peer-to-peer fundraisers to properly marketing your online campaigns, there’s an endless number of items on your to-do lists. That’s why it’s essential to carefully choose the right software solutions to support your operations–the right tool can drive a high ROI for your fundraising efforts. Personalize donor engagement.

Software

Groupfinity

JANUARY 12, 2023

#054 Rachel Bearbower is the founder and CEO of Small Shop Strategies, a nonprofit consultancy focused on coaching nonprofit leaders how to detangle their systems, so they can focus their time and energy on building relationships and raising more for their causes.

Template

Tech Soup

JANUARY 26, 2015

In that spirit, here are some leading open-source solutions in three categories relevant to nonprofits: CRM. CiviCRM is an open-source nonprofit-focused CRM system with powerful features for campaigns, fundraising, event planning, contact management, and case management. Image 3 : Max Griboedov / Shutterstock. spanhidden.

CRM

CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

What is peer-to-peer fundraising, and how can you leverage it to boost your nonprofit fundraising? After seeing thousands of fundraising campaigns, we see that peer-to-peer fundraising typically raises twice as much as compared to other digital fundraising campaigns.

Fundraising

Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 6, 2023

But is it really an effective fundraising method? You likely spend a lot of time perfecting your fundraising letters , emails, and other donation appeals. Improve your fundraising appeals’ response rates by incorporating matching gifts with these strategies: Highlight the additional impact donors can make with matching gifts.

Donation

Bonterra

APRIL 10, 2024

Fundraising solutions Attract donors Meet the right donors, have better conversations, and hit your fundraising goals. Bonterra’s fundraising solutions help you build and maintain stronger donor relationships, making it easy to give and simple to raise more for your mission.

Fundraising

CauseVox

JULY 18, 2022

What is peer-to-peer fundraising, and how can you leverage it to boost your nonprofit fundraising? After seeing thousands of fundraising campaigns, we see that peer-to-peer fundraising typically raises twice as much as compared to other digital fundraising campaigns.

Fundraising

CauseVox

JULY 31, 2022

What is peer-to-peer fundraising, and how can you leverage it to boost your nonprofit fundraising? After seeing thousands of fundraising campaigns, we see that peer-to-peer fundraising typically raises twice as much as compared to other digital fundraising campaigns.

Fundraising

Tech Soup

JANUARY 6, 2012

Browser plug-ins, widgets, web apps, and templates: all of these are apps, too. Simplifying Online Fundraising with AidMatrix. Virtual Aid Drive is a set of web-based online fundraising and donation drive management tools. Virtual Aid Drive is a set of web-based online fundraising and donation drive management tools.

IT

Qgiv

JULY 6, 2021

This guide to fundraising auctions for churches is for you! While pen and paper auctions may have been the norm a few years ago, fundraising auctions are rapidly moving online. Below are our picks for must-have software for fundraising auctions. A great CRM. What is a CRM? Not sure where to start? How you benefit.

Fundraising

GiveSmart

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Since our founding in 2011, GiveSmart by Momentive Software has helped tens of thousands of organizations— nonprofits, schools, and associations—successfully fundraise for their missions. billion in lifetime fundraising. peer-to-peer campaigns, and online fundraising. We support 8,850 auction bids, $4.05 You have to grow.

Fundraising

Qgiv

MARCH 22, 2023

A pledge drive is a fundraising campaign where donors promise a gift amount to your organization based on a goal set by you or your participants. Pledge drives are great for urgent fundraising and can be centered around an event or peer-to-peer fundraiser.

Goals

Qgiv

AUGUST 15, 2022

When it comes to the world of peer-to-peer fundraising, dance-a-thons are one of the most unique and engaging fundraisers. No matter what you’re fundraising for, hosting a dance-a-thon can help you raise lots of money while also giving your supporters the opportunity to get moving and have fun. Plan your event.

Fundraising

Qgiv

AUGUST 29, 2022

However, with a read-a-thon fundraiser, you can give your supporters the opportunity to slow down and crack open a book while also teaching young students the value of reading and escaping into exciting stories. What is a read-a-thon fundraiser? How to host a read-a-thon fundraiser. Why should you host a read-a-thon?

Fundraising

Qgiv

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Effective fundraising takes time, but even if you aren’t getting your start until mid-to-late November, you still have ample opportunity to make the most of Giving Tuesday with what you have available. Take advantage of their Canva templates for social media graphics. 5 Must-Haves for Your Giving Tuesday Form.

CRM

Qgiv

JANUARY 19, 2023

Fundraising is both an art and a science. To make fundraising a little easier for nonprofits, we put together this list of nonprofit fundraising best practices. Employ a strategic fundraising plan The first of our fundraising best practices for nonprofits is to employ a strategic fundraising plan.

Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

JULY 18, 2021

Donor database Your nonprofit’s constituent relationship management (CRM) system is the database where you host all pertinent supporter information. List segmentation: Using a powerful CRM, you can group supporters into segments based on shared characteristics. Let’s dive in!

CRM